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re: NFL exploring options for Chargers including London and St. Louis
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:08 am to Tiger Prawn
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:08 am to Tiger Prawn
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Thats great for when the Bills, Jets, Giants, or Patriots are the London team’s opponent. But eventually they will have to play against teams from the west coast and now its double the current longest NFL travel distance
If you put the Chargers in the AFC East, you'd have 1/2 of the visiting teams within that 4 hr window.
You could give West Coast teams either a bye before or after their trip to London.
Travel is the easiest part of the equation. Changes to the CBA, facilities, citizenship, and taxation are the more difficult aspects.
Also, what about the "front office"? Would scouts and other support personnel want to move to the UK? What laws govern their continued US citizenship? Would keeping a remote office in the US make sense?
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:09 am
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Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:08 am to mizslu314
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Austin and SA - blocked by Jones
frick Jerry Jones.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:09 am to mizslu314
San Antonio is just sitting there waiting....
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:10 am to TbirdSpur2010
agreed. but that dude has a lot of pull(see the rams in st louis)
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:13 am to UltimateHog
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STL.
City and Fans have a shite ton of evidence in the sham that took place. League knows STL going to get paid, by them and Kroenke, or Kroenke himself(which was their secret deal, he paid all lawsuits if he moved).
And Mediocre Football isn't wanted, we can watch that shite on TV for free, and not get stuck paying for it with our tax dollars.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:13 am to Buckeye Backer
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San Antonio is just sitting there waiting....
While SA is a great sports town and would undoubtedly support a team, if I were a billionaire owner I would have to consider TV revenue.
Bringing London into the NFL fold would likely grow viewership in the UK tapping a new and possibly lucrative revenue stream.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:14 am to LSU Alumnus
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So what time do you play the games, with consideration for jet lag and broadcasting?
You make it sound like they haven't already done this 4 times this year. The point I'm getting after is that if London is being considered a location and we are already playing games there, it's clear that the time zone difference isn't as big of deal as people make it out to be.
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:15 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:17 am to Ed Osteen
The Plan for London, is they will build a practice facility on East coast.
Teams would head there on Mon-Tues. Practice till friday, then fly to london from Eastern practice facility, and have a base there, where they do their walk thrus and then play the London team
Teams would head there on Mon-Tues. Practice till friday, then fly to london from Eastern practice facility, and have a base there, where they do their walk thrus and then play the London team
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:18 am to SeeeeK
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City and Fans have a shite ton of evidence in the sham that took place. League knows STL going to get paid, by them and Kroenke, or Kroenke himself(which was their secret deal, he paid all lawsuits if he moved).
I can't wait for the lawsuit to happen. I'm thoroughly enjoying Kroenke getting shite on in every appeal.
And the resulting documentary that will come from all this will really educate folks on what actually happened to St Louis. And it wasn't because fans didn't support the team.
Tim McKernan has a ton of stuff ready for some sort of documentary.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:18 am to LSU Alumnus
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So 6:30 am Pacific time? Got it.
3.30am in Hawaii
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:20 am to Winston Cup
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bullshite
dont speak on shite you dont know about
I went to the Skins game in 2016
awesome time in a packed 80K+ stadium
everyone was having a blast
England has a legit core of NFL fans that could support a team.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:22 am to LSU Alumnus
Sure, you missed my entire point but if the time zone is such a problem why are they considering London?
An 5:00pm kickoff in London is 9am on the west coast. Not sure why you don't think this is an option. Jetlag is not that big of a factor for such a small difference so don't say that
An 5:00pm kickoff in London is 9am on the west coast. Not sure why you don't think this is an option. Jetlag is not that big of a factor for such a small difference so don't say that
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:24 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:22 am to Buckeye Backer
quote:When do you ever have to listen to the National Anthem?
100% against this. Now we will have to listen to "God Save the Queen" every dam game that London is in
No one at home is ever paying attention from home at that moment nor do they even show it most of the time but this is the 1st thing you listed as a reason why you're against it.
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:23 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:22 am to ProjectP2294
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Tim McKernan has a ton of stuff ready for some sort of documentary.
Not biggest fan of that weasel, but they were smart enough to tape and save every thing Dumboff said.
The evidence he and other sports stations have is damning, the other audio, is actually embarrassing. I'm shocked he just hasn't offered a few Hundy Millions to go away. City wants to recoup the $100ish Mil, but they are sitting on a pay day.
If you remember, as a big frick You to Ram fans, they didn't even have a draft party for man years, while every team had some sort of party. And this was while everything was still hush hush, Rams playing nicey, and still gave fans the finger.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:23 am to SoFunnyItsNot
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them leaving SD was the dumbest decision in NFL history.
Well the blame is on the people of SD for voting down the hotel tax to fund the new stadium
Owners should pay for their own stadiums but this one would not have come out of the pockets of the local tax payer.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:23 am to Ed Osteen
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You make it sound like they haven't already done this 4 times this year.
It's different teams every time. Not the same team traveling all year.
First of all, it would be hard to schedule 8 teams and give them a bye after they go to London.
Second, any time they play on the West Coast they would need to schedule at least two games over there and then get a bye. 3rd, they would need two home bases for their admin. One in say, New York, and one in London.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:24 am to StraightCashHomey21
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England has a legit core of NFL fans that could support a team.
I'll preface these questions by saying I'm asking because I truly don't know. I'm not being sarcastic:
Are the NFL games packed because it's an event or because there truly is a core NFL fanbase?
Can they support 8 games instead of the 2 they currently do?
Would the quality of the team impact attendance more or less there than it does here?
ETA: is it two games a year currently or 4?
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:25 am
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:24 am to shel311
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When do you ever have to listen to the National Anthem, the Super Bowl and that's it?
This, if you aren't at the game, you aren't hearing any anthem on tv.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:25 am to shel311
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When do you ever have to listen to the National Anthem?
Have you ever been to an NHL or NBA game? Holy frick....
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